Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-11-12

Reports to the State Board Of Health by
hfty-tWo observers in different paris of the
State for the week ended October % indi-
Gated that Inflammation of the brain and
membran nous Group Increased, and remit
tent fever, ho-malerial fever, diphtheria
and dysentery decreased in area of prev
alence. Diphtheria was reported at fifteen
places. scarlet fever at thirteen, typhoid
fever as twenty-five, measles at four places
The October report of the State Prison
shows the following: In prison October 1,
100; received during month, So; recapt-
ured, i; total, 799; discharged by expira-
ton Of sentence, %; discharged for new
trial, q; transferred to insane asylum, q:
died, 1, leaving in prison, October. 81. 772
State Board of Forestry was organized
recently at Lansing. Otfcers-Franklin
Wells, OF Constantine President; Henry G.
Reynolds, Agricultural College, Secretary;
@. W. Garfield, Grand Rapids, and Prof. W.
]. Beal, of Lansing. Directors.
The Michigan Salt Association, which con-
trolls the market west of Cleveland to the
Rocky Mountains, will stop the manufact-
ure of salt from December l to April l, to
reduce the large surplus now on the mar
ket
Dell Shakespeare, Walter Closterman and
other forenoon on Long lake near Kalama-
zoo, when the boat was overturned and the
latter two were drowned
Arecent fire destroyed house at Harris
vile belonging to Henry Stockton, poor
man, and by the evening of the next day
generous neighbors had subscribed enough
money to build him a comfortable home:
A young man living near Marshall was re-
Gently married to the daughter of a widower
and few days later his sister was married
to the girls father, thus making his own
sister his mother-in-law
John White and James Wells, wealthy
farmers of Amboy township, fought the
other night, and Wells struck his opponent
with club, killing him almost instantly.
Adam Stemes, wealthy resident of
Houghton, was caught in the fy-wheel of
the Calumet mill at Lake Linden few
days ago and instantly killed
L. D. Loss, foreman of the white lead
works at Detroit was caught in belt the
other day and before the machinery could
be stopped was mass of broken bones
DAKOTA.
The Bismarck Tribune says: 1.-THE breed
ing of bronchos ought to be discouraged by
the refusal of people to buy the treacher-
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pared with one of these Montana bred man
killers"
1t was positively stated the other after
noon by prospectors on the school section
north of Huron that a thirty-six-inch vein
OF coal had been struck at depth of 3O5
feet.
Governor Church has issued his procla-
NATION appointing November "a as Thanks
giving Day.
There are only twelve of the thirty-eight
States of the Union that have as many miles
of railroad as Dakota has
John d. Lawler, of Mitchell has been an
pointed treasurer of Dakota by Governor
! Church, in place of John w. Raymond, re-
signed MIR LAWYER was born in Erie Coun-
ty, N. Y, in 1855, and came to Dakota in
1857 and located at Mitchell where he has
since resided, and is president of the First
National Bank of that city and real-estate
owner In 1886 he was elected to repre
| sent the Mitchell district in the Territorial
council.
Two Scandinavians residing on the north
side of Lake Poinsett, about twenty five
miles northwest of Volga, We're thrown
| from the boat in which they We're hunting
recently and both drowned
Burlington & Missouri surveying party
/ 1s skeGch1nS Ihe lay OF the Belle FOurche
valley in the B. ack Hills
| Dakota has more post-offces that Massa-
chusetts, OF about dozen other States,
Governor Church recently removed three
or the Trustees of the Yankton asylum,
| charging negligence and improper disburs-
ment Of money.
! In response to an inquiry upon the sub
! Ject from Dakota, Commissioner Sparks has
written that purchasers of railroad indem-
| nifty lands restored to the Government are
entitled to do the same
&. Davis, prominent citizen of Parker.
died very suddenly of heart-dsease the
other night He moved there year ago
from Wisconsin
The house, contents and two small chill
dren OF Eugene Kelly, ten mics north of
roquois, burned up the other morning:
| The Dakota land offices will pay an aggre
gate salary list to registers and receivers
alone of $50, 900 the present year. Every
one of the ten Offices reaches the maximum
salary figure of So, OOO